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The Battle of the Ruhr or the Ruhr Air Offensive (March-July 1943) was a sustained bombing campaign by the British and the United States air forces against the industrial heartland of Germany during the Second World War (1939-45). The offensive...

The Frog Princess is a Slavic folktale focusing on the importance of recognizing someone’s inner beauty, regardless of their outward appearance, as well as the possibility of redemption after failure. The tale has many variants and appears...

The Battle of Nashville (15-16 December 1864) was the last major battle in the western theater of the American Civil War (1861-1865). After suffering a catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Franklin (30 November), Lieutenant General John Bell...

Oheka Castle, built by the industrialist Otto Herman Kahn (l. 1867-1934), is one of the best-known luxury hotels of Long Island, NY, USA today. In its time as a private residence, it was the site of the kind of lavish parties which inspired...

In this gallery, we present 20 of the most striking frescoes found in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in Italy. These frescoes were once buried under a thick carpet of volcanic ash from the Vesuvius eruption of 79 CE. Year after year, archaeologists...

Cleopatra Before Caesar by Jean-Léon Gérôme, oil on canvas, 1866. Cleopatra confronts Gaius Julius Caesar after emerging from a roll of carpet. The Egyptian Queen had been driven from the palace in Alexandria by her brother/husband Ptolemy...

Late antique mosaic floor depicting Ktisis (Gr. ΚΤΙΣΙΣ), personification of 'Foundation', originally from a villa at Antioch, 5th century. Worcester Art Museum. The floor was found during the archaeological campaigns at ancient Antioch...

Carpet mosaic depicting Temple facade with Torah Ark dating to the 4th century CE. Excavated at Khirbet es-Samarah. Currently housed in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

This gypsum door-sill was carved as a carpet; there are rosette and lotus flower designs. Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of Ashurbanipal II, 645-635 BCE. From room I, door b or d, the North Palace at Nineveh, Northern Mesopotamia, modern-day...

A c. 1902-6 still life in oils, Still Life with a Teapot, by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), the French post-impressionist artist. Cézanne frequently adds odd objects in a particular arrangement to accompany fruit or flowers. Here he uses a carpet...